Li Junxian (chemist)

Chinese chemist (1928–2024)

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Li.

Li Junxian

李俊贤

Born| (1928-03-10)10 March 1928

Meishan County, Sichuan, China

Died| 20 March 2024(2024-03-20) (aged 96)

Luoyang, Henan, China

Alma mater| Chengdu Textile College
Spouse| Ding Dayun
Scientific career
Fields| Chemistry
Institutions| Liming Chemical Research Institute
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese| 李俊贤
Traditional Chinese| 李俊賢
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Lǐ Jùnxián

Li Junxian (Chinese: 李俊贤; 10 March 1928 – 20 March 2024) was a Chinese chemist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[1]

Li was a representative of the 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

## Early life and career

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Li was born into a family of farming background in Meishan County (now Meishan), Sichuan, on 10 March 1928.[1] In 1947, he enrolled at National Central Technical College (now Chengdu Textile College), where he majored in chemical engineering.[1]

After graduating in 1950, he became deputy director of Pilot Plant at Shenyang Chemical Research Institute of Northeast Chemical Bureau.[1] He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1956. He studied at the Russian Language Training Class of the Ministry of Chemical Industry [zh] between June 1956 and July 1957. He was transferred to the Beijing Institute of Chemical Engineering in January 1958 and eventually becoming director of the Research Room in January 1960.[1] In June 1966, he was appointed chief engineer of Qinghai Liming Chemical Plant (later was reshuffled as Liming Chemical Research Institute [zh]), and served until October 1992.[2] He also served as president from July 1979 to May 1983.[2]

## Personal life and death

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Li married Ding Dayun (丁大云) in 1959.[3] On 20 March 2024, Li died of heart failure in Luoyang, Henan, at the age of 96.[1]

## Honours and awards

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* 1989 State Technological Invention Award (Third Class) for the synthesis process of high-purity unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine by chloramine method[4]
* 1995 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the research on liquid unit based propellants such as Yutu-3[4]
* 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Liu Juan (刘娟); Li Qing (李庆); Wang Yuexin (王越欣) (22 March 2024). 痛别！眉山籍院士李俊贤逝世 学生刘丹：他是我眼里的传奇人物. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 March 2024.刘娟Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft.au=Li+Qing+(李庆Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft.au=Wang+Yuexin+(王越欣Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft_id=https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20240322A084TJ00&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Li+Junxian+(chemist)" class="Z3988">
2. ^ a b Zheng Rumin (郑汝民), ed. (2002). 中国共产党河南省洛阳市组织史资料 [Organizational History of Luoyang] (in Chinese). Beijing: Communist Party History Publishing House. ISBN 7-80136-717-0.
3. ^ Li Yanan (李亚楠) (30 June 2018). 做国家腾飞的“推进剂”——记中国工程院院士李俊贤. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 March 2024.李亚楠Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft_id=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-06/30/c_1123059254.htm&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Li+Junxian+(chemist)" class="Z3988">
4. ^ a b c 李俊贤院士逝世. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). 20 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

Academic offices

New title |  President of Liming Chemical Research Institute [zh]
1979–1983  | Succeeded by

Ding Defu (丁德富)

New title |  Chief Engineer of Liming Chemical Research Institute [zh]
1979–1992  | Succeeded by

Hu Zhongwei (胡忠伟)